American Standard Companies Becomes Trane
American Standard Company had humble beginnings over 130 years ago manufacturing American bathtubs and bathroom fixtures under the name Standard Sanitary Manufacturing. Today the same company has changed to the company name American Standard Trane and morphed into a corporation with 29,000 employees, more than 400 locations in over 100 countries and annual revenues in excess of 6.8 billion dollars. This is a chronological account of how this transformation to American Standard Trane occurred.
Long before American Standard Trane came into existence, Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Company began marketing American bathtubs and bathroom fixtures in 1875. In 1899 the company merged with several other small plumbing manufacturers. The company retained the Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Company name.
Many of the plumbing improvements of the early part of the twentieth century are owed to Standard Sanitary. Built in American bathtubs, faucets that mixed cold and hot water to provide warm water, and brass fittings with corrosion proof finishes were all developed by Standard Sanitary.
Thanks to quality innovative products, Standard Sanitary became the largest global producer of bathroom fixtures in 1929; during one of the worst economic periods in history, the Great Depression. The Standard Sanitary Corporation combined forces with American Radiator Company this same year and became American Radiator and Standard Sanitary Corporation. The name was shortened to "American Standard" in 1967.
Some major advances in bathroom fixtures occurred in 1988 when American Standard introduced Americast to the manufacture of American bathtubs. Taking seven years to develop, Americast revolutionized the making of cast iron in bathtubs. Americast combined enamel, mixed with quartz for durability, and bonded it to a metal alloy. This was then applied to a pre-formed bathtub mold.
The resulting bathtub is fifty percent lighter than cast iron, significantly easier to manufacture and less costly to make. Bathtubs made of Americast are more durable, less prone to rust problems and resistant to chipping and crazing. This improved technology is why three out of five homes that are American have bathtubs made by American Standard.
American Standard Company has had a heating and air conditioning division almost since the company's inception. American Standard obtained the large heating and air conditioning manufacturer Trane in 1984. American Standard Trane is the largest of American Standard Companies three businesses: Heating and Air Conditioning Systems/Services, Vehicle Control Systems (WABCO) and Bath and Kitchen Products.
The Vehicle Control Systems Division has since been organized into a separate independent company. The Bath and Kitchen Products Division was sold but continues to manufacture America’s bathtubs, along with meeting the bathroom fixture needs of customers in countries around the globe. They are still marketed under the American Standard name and the same high quality standards are still in place.
On November 28, 2007; American Standard Companies officially changed their name and began trading on the New York Stock Exchange as “Trane”. American Standard Trane continues to manufacture heating and air conditioning products under the name “American Standard”, and “Trane”. American Standard Trane inherited the established history of the Trane Company as well. Trane began as a small family owned business dedicated to quality products and customer service. This dedication made two companies made a perfect match.
Whether purchasing a heating/air unit from American Standard Trane or a bathtub by American Standard; you can be sure a combine history of over 200 years of expert craftsmanship is going into your product.
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